Perspective transformation on text?

[Michael Kubovy]

Dear Friends,

I would like to slant the text more. Can this be done?

\documentclass[]{article}

\usepackage{tikz,pgfbaseimage}

\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,pifont,latexsym}

\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}

\usepackage{xspace}

\usepackage[active,tightpage,pdftex]{preview}

\PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture}

\begin{document}

\begin{preview}

\begin{tikzpicture}[scale = 3]

% Define the points of the front of the cube

\path (0,0) coordinate (SW); 

\path (0,1) coordinate (NW); 

\path (1,1) coordinate (NE); 

\path (1,0) coordinate (SE); 

\draw (SW) -- (NW) -- (NE) -- (SE) -- cycle;

\draw (SW) -- (-.4, .36) coordinate (C1);

\draw (NW) -- (-.4, 1.36) coordinate (C2);

\draw (NE) -- (1-.4, 1.36) coordinate (C3);

\draw  (C1) -- (C2) -- (C3);

\draw[thin] (-.1, .09) -- (-.1, 1+.09);

\draw[thin] (-.2, .18) -- (-.2, 1+.18);

\draw[thin] (-.3, .27) -- (-.3, 1+.27);

\node[rotate = 90, blue] at (-.05, .5+.09) {\sl curiosity};

\end{tikzpicture}

\end{preview}

\end{document}

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[Mark Wibrow-2]

Hi,

A fairly simple solution could be

\def\tikzsl#1#2{\tikz\node[transform shape, xslant=#1]{#2};}

\tikz\node {\tikzsl{0}{Normal}};
\tikz\node {\tikzsl{.5}{Slanted}};
\tikz\node {\tikzsl{1.0}{More Slanted}};
\tikz\node {\tikzsl{1.5}{Very Slanted}};
\tikz\node {\tikzsl{2}{Extreemly Slanted}};

But, with a bit of extra work it is possible to tie it all up fairly
neatly in a style:

\makeatletter
\tikzset{slant text/.style={%
        execute at begin node={%
                \setbox\pgf@hbox=\hbox\bgroup%
        },%
        execute at end node={%
                \egroup%
                \pgfpicture%
                        \pgftransformxslant{#1}%
                        \pgftext{\unhbox\pgf@hbox}%
                \endpgfpicture%
        }}}
\makeatother

\tikz\node [slant text=0]  {Normal};
\tikz\node [slant text=0.5]{Slanted};
\tikz\node [slant text=1]  {More Slanted};
\tikz\node [slant text=1.5]{Very Slanted};
\tikz\node [slant text=2.0]{Extreemly Slanted};

Regards

Mark

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